A framework for relating the structures and recovery statistics in pressure time-series surveys for dust devils

@article{Jackson2017AFF,
  title={A framework for relating the structures and recovery statistics in pressure time-series surveys for dust devils},
  author={Brian K. Jackson and Ralph D. Lorenz and Karan Davis},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2017},
  volume={299},
  pages={166-174}
}
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